ANN ARBOR, MI -- The former University of Michigan student who voted illegally in the 2024 election fled the country to avoid prosecution, according to federal documents.

The 19-year-old student, Haoxiang Gao, was court-ordered to remain in Michigan while on a $5,000 bond for the criminal charges he faced for the illegal vote.

Gao boarded Delta Flight #389 from Detroit International Airport to Shanghai on Jan. 19, according to a federal case that was recently unsealed.

The student was forced to surrender his passport when he was arraigned on the original charges of false swearing to register/vote and unqualified elector attempting to vote on Nov. 8, 2024.

His passport with a serial number ending in “1332” was surrendered to authorities on Nov. 1, according to the federal criminal compl

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